Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 363815
Ein Hirtenspiel für die Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 487324
Lied Nr. 2 aus der Liedersammlung "Chor Exclusiv – Weihnachtslieder"
Sonderanfertigung
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 682213
Choralpartita aus der "Weihnachtsgeschichte" op. 10
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114767
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 145021
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1124045
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 499111
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1669637
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122148
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1656274
Early Music Library 148
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 211880
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1664390
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019920
Weihnachtsminimusical für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 576744
in Sätzen für gemischten Chor mit Begleitung ad libitum
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 387823
5 Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor aus verschiedenen Regionen Spaniens
for: Mixed choir (SATB); percussion ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 376928
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124285
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124222
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123776
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123110
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 902515
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124673
Christmas Cantata
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 825260
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 1677026
Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder von 4-11 Jahre
für Schule, Gemeinde, Vereine und Kinderchor
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Audio-CD
Item no.: 610928
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 443360
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659427
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609552
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609550
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608989
Weihnachtskantate
for: Choir (2 voices), 2 recorders, piano [harpsichord, organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 677280
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609953
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609934
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609913
Weihnachtsmotette über „Vom Himmel Hoch“ für Chor SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663019
Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 181393
Klassik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 984433
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 491611
for: Male choir
Item no.: 566069
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 469089
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278539
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933448
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933392
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929169
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929133
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928250
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928243
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 927890
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